Paris to the Nile
Sheer romance, sheer adventure! 12-days
This itinerary includes
a tour of Egypt's top sights, a
sleeper-train ride up the Nile, a 4-day cruise to the temples along
the Nile, Paris (Extend your stay with extra nights in Paris, Cairo,
Luxor, or in the Red Sea resorts of Hurgada or Sharm El Sheikh--ask
us how. Tour starts weekly in Paris , Year Round
DAY 1 - Sunday PARIS
Weekly in Paris on Mondays
Arrival in Paris! our staff will meet you at the airport
and escort you to your hotel, centrally located near the Champs-Elysées.
DAY
2 - Monday PARIS (cB)
Grab your Lonely Planet guidebook (we'll give you a copy of the Paris
guide at no extra charge), and head out into the City of Light. The
rest of the day is yours to enjoy as you please: strolling the boulevards,
watching boats on the Seine, shopping in the markets and boutiques,
or people-watching in a cozy cafe.
Day
3 - Tuesday (cB)
Enjoy
full day at leisure. The City is yours with our complimentary guide
book at hand.
DAY 4 - Wed PARIS (cB)
Come with us on a half-day panoramic motor coach tour of the city. We'll
stop by the Place DE l'Opera, Place de la Concorde, Champs-Elysees,
Arch de Triomphe, Trocadero, Eiffel Tower (tickets to the first level),
Le Bastille and Notre Dame. Then we'll take a short cruise on the Seine
before we let you go to find your own favorite Parisian haunts, led
there by your Lonely Planet guidebook.
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Day 5 - Thu PARIS TO CAIRO
(cB)
After breakfast, we escort you to the airport to catch your nonstop
Egyptair or Air France flight to Cairo. During the flight, study
your Lonely Planet guidebook to Egypt, which we present to you with
our compliments. Upon landing in Cairo, our staff meets you, assists
with entry formalities, Complimentary Egyptian visa fee (valid only
for American & Japanese citizens. Passports must be valid for at
least 6 month upon arrival). A visa will be issued at the airport upon
arrival in Cairo . Our representative will whisk you to your hotel,
in this great, timeless city on the Nile, the "Paris of Africa."
DAY 6 - Fri CAIRO (BLD)
Today we show you the greatness of Cairo on a full-day tour: the Egyptian
Museum, Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, the Citadel of Saladin,
and Muhammed Ali's splendid Alabaster Mosque. In the evening we escort
you to Cairo's railroad station to board your first-class sleeping car
for the trip up the Nile, with dinner served onboard as you ride beneath
the cloudless Egyptian sky.
DAY 7 - Sat LUXOR & NILE CRUISE
(BLD)
Your train arrives in Luxor and we take you to your Nile cruise
vessel. After dropping our bags and freshening up, we set out to see
the best first: the gigantic, awesome Great Temple of Karnak and the
smaller but still mammoth Temple of Luxor. After lunch on our cruiser,
we cross the Nile to tour the incomparable monuments of ancient Thebes:
the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut in the Valley
of the Queens, and the Colossi of Memnon. In the evening, relax on deck
as our riverboat casts off and gently cruises upstream to the
Esna locks.
DAY 8 - Sun EDFU & KOM OMBO (BLD)
Our first stop today is Edfu, home of the best-preserved temple on the
Nile. We board horse drawn carriages
for the short clip-clop ride through the town to the majestic Temple
of Horus. After our visit, we return to our vessel for the leisurely
cruise to Kom Ombo, where we dock for the night.
DAY
9 - Mon KOM OMBO & ASWAN (BLD):
We tour the fascinating twin temples of Kom Ombo, one of which is dedicated
to Sobek, the sacred Nile crocodile (complete with mummified crocs)!
We continue upriver to Aswan, where we board a Felucca (traditional
Nile sailboat) for a cruise among the rocky islands in the shadow of
the huge Aswan High Dam. Later we visit the Temple of Philae, raised
from the flooding lakebed and moved to a high island when the dam was
under construction.
DAY 10 - Tue ASWAN & CAIRO
(BLD)
his morning, catch your breath, take it easy, wander in Aswan's tidy
bazaar and shop for souvenirs. If you wish, come with us on our optional
excursion by air to Abu Simbel to see the beautiful Temple of Ramses
(see below). In the afternoon we return by air to Cairo, and to our
hotel.
DAY 11 - Wed (BLD)
Full day at leisure and one more chance for last minute shopping.
Dinner is included at a local home:
Meet the locals, you may wish to bring token gifts to exchange
with the host family ( T shirt , small souvenirs of your home town):
This evening we'll venture where few ordinary visitors ever tread .
. . right into the homes of some of the people of Cairo l! You'll be
invited to a family dinner, and while you enjoy wholesome home-cooked
specialties, you'll learn about and appreciate the outlook, aspirations,
and way of life of your hosts. Be assured, as curious as you may be
about your new friends, they're sure to have questions about your own
background. Once the ice is broken, you'll enjoy a lively evening, and
find that you have more in common than you ever suspected. Of course,
you may enjoy a quiet evening with your travel companions, by letting
us know your preferences.
DAY 12 - Thu (B)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport. Bon Voyage.
Rates
per person in USD $ from JFK
| |
Deluxe |
First
Class |
| Sharing
in Triple Occupancy |
US$
2852.00 |
US$
2550.00 |
| In
Double Occupancy |
US$
2885.00 |
US$
2590.00 |
| In
Single Occupancy |
US$
3995.00 |
US$
3090.00 |
For
Christmas, New Year's & Easter week, Please add %20 supplement.
Your
hotel nights in Paris are at:
For
Deluxe & First class categories we use - 4 stars in Paris :
Hotel New Roblin Le Warwick - Champs Elysees, Meridien Montparnasse,
Meridien Etoile, Sofitel Grand Arche -La Defense or similar.
For
Tourist Class - 3 stars :
A simple, clean, comfortable, centrally-located 3-star hotel, such as
the Primotel Empire, Fertel Etoile or Tilsitt.
Your
tour includes:
- Airfare
between Paris and Cairo, and domestic air in Egypt,economy class
- All
transfers within Egypt, as well as the transfer in Paris
- Sleeper
train ticket within Egypt, private compartment on board.
- Guided
sightseeing according to the itinerary, including all entrance fees
- Meals
as indicated in the itinerary: cB = continental breakfast, B = full
breakfast; L = set-menu lunch; D = set-menu dinner
- One-way
first-class sleeper train ticket from Cairo to Luxor
- Five-day
deluxe Nile cruise including all meals and shore excursions as described
in the itinerary
- Hotel
accommodation as indicated, including all taxes and service charges
- Complimentary
guidebooks to Paris and Egypt
- Complimentary
visa issued upon arrival at Cairo Airport, valid only for American
& Japanese citizens. Passports must be valid for 6 month at least
at time of arrival.
What's
not included:
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